Kasuwi Surname

367,731st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 979 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kasuwi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kasuwi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania9051:58,4996,320
Indonesia471:2,813,813160,835
Papua New Guinea221:370,62448,900
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kasuwi (682) may also be a first name.

Kasuwi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kasuwi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kasuwi has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kasuwi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 367,731st most widely held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,443,867 people. The last name Kasuwi occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kasuwi live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kasuwi is also the 316,970th most common forename in the world, borne by 682 people.

Kasuwi is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 905 people, or 1 in 58,499. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Katavi Region, where 36 percent reside, Rukwa Region, where 30 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 9 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 5 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kassuwi9214/
Katsuwi921/
Kasuwai921/
Kassouwi868/
Kasuwa835,200/
Kazuwi83179/
Kasuwe8367/
Kasuvi8357/
Kesuwi8320/
Kasowi834/
Kajuwi831/
Kassouwai802/
Kashuwa77138/
Kashiwi7741/
Kasusui7733/
Kasuiwa7727/
Kashuwe7724/
Kassiwi7720/
Kasoubi779/
Kassuwa775/
Kasubyi773/
Katsuwe771/
Kasuvai771/
Kasubei771/
Kasuywa771/
Kasiuwa771/
Kazusui771/
Kesuwei771/
Kasuswe771/
Kasauwa771/
Kosuwei771/
Kashiwai711,982/
Kassouwa71146/
Kasuwaha712/
Kosouwei711/
Kaschuwa711/
Kazuwa672,003/
Kasuva67735/
Kazuvi67314/
Kasowe6725/
Kosuwe6712/
Kasuve678/
Kassouhui672/
Kadjouwei671/
Kazuwe671/
Kosuwa671/
Kashushwe671/
Kasubahai671/
Kesuwe671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kasuwi
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